Lacey police have arrested a 17-year-old Township boy for allegedly causing $2,500 worth of damage to freshly painted art murals in the Lacey High School parking lot earlier this month by spinning truck tires over them.

Ocean County authorities have cleared a Lacey Township police officer of any wrongdoing following a July 5 crash that killed a 24-year-old pedestrian who they say was intoxicated when he attempted to cross the roadway as the cop was responding to a disturbance call.

Lacey police responding to a report of a man passed out behind the wheel in the parking lot of JR's Liquors on Lacey Road on Wednesday, December 16, found 38-year-old Brian Nelson of Toms River inside the vehicle, according to authorities.